Tara Williams Hi fellow nudibranch enthusiasts! I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate this group. It's always so wonderful to have new pictures and such an active and intelligent bunch of people to provide insight. Tomorrow I'll be finishing up with PADI's open water dive certification, and it is really because I want to be able to see what you guys see everyday! I am currently a student at Cornell University, and I'm interested in studying nudibranchs seriously after college. On that note, if anyone has any advice on how to get into it, I'd love to hear it! You guys are awesome! Also, my favorite species is Scyllaea pelagica :)
Gary Cobb Nice message Tara! You don't need a degree to study Opisthobranchs. Do do need a Biology degree to know what is what if you decide to write a paper on something new and exciting. I consider myself a Gentleman Scientist!
Patrik Good Congrats, Tara. If I were you I'd probably try to join the team around T. Gosliner in California. Interesting research going on there for sure. Having said that, unfortunately, the gap between scientists and amateur branchers seem to become wider, cooperation more difficult. I will upload a picture of Scyllaea pelagica if I find it again at my local dive site. Found it March 10 and April 7 of this year (which was a first and last for this species for the dive site). Good luck. Looking forward to seeing your own branchs on this forum soon.
Patrik Good Placomapherus ceylonicus, size 25mm, depth 4 metres, Seaway Southport QLD, 10/3/2012, nightdive. This is another survivor striving in the changed conditions. Only spotted twice before personally, once only on a picture after the dive. They are well camouflaged and normally hard to see. But now, I found 5 different individuals at 5 different spots in one dive. Brown in brown but the red dots stick out in the boring surroundings. It's so sad not finding the old variety of nudis that I was tempted to give this guy a hug. At least he got a bit of attention by my torch and my camera flashlight. It's the second nudi species back at this site (not sure if I can count Scyllaea pelagica as the third and Bullina lineata as forth), two more species (probably Chromodoris geographica and Noumea simplex) were found further towards the open sea.
Tara Williams Hi fellow nudibranch enthusiasts! I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate this group. It's always so wonderful to have new pictures and such an active and intelligent bunch of people to provide insight. Tomorrow I'll be finishing up with PADI's open water dive certification, and it is really because I want to be able to see what you guys see everyday! I am currently a student at Cornell University, and I'm interested in studying nudibranchs seriously after college. On that note, if anyone has any advice on how to get into it, I'd love to hear it! You guys are awesome! Also, my favorite species is Scyllaea pelagica :)
Gary Cobb Nice message Tara! You don't need a degree to study Opisthobranchs. Do do need a Biology degree to know what is what if you decide to write a paper on something new and exciting. I consider myself a Gentleman Scientist!
Patrik Good Congrats, Tara. If I were you I'd probably try to join the team around T. Gosliner in California. Interesting research going on there for sure. Having said that, unfortunately, the gap between scientists and amateur branchers seem to become wider, cooperation more difficult. I will upload a picture of Scyllaea pelagica if I find it again at my local dive site. Found it March 10 and April 7 of this year (which was a first and last for this species for the dive site). Good luck. Looking forward to seeing your own branchs on this forum soon.
